Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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West German rower
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Place of Birth: Tutow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
About Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
- Karl-Heinrich Erich Moritz von Groddeck (19 July 1936 – 14 December 2011) was a German rower who won three Olympic medals for the United Team of Germany: a silver in the coxed pairs in 1956 and a gold and a silver in the eights in 1960 and 1964, respectively.
- He also won one world and five European titles in these two rowing events between 1956 and 1964 for West Germany.
- In 1964 he retired from competitions. Back in 1958, von Groddeck moved from Wiesbaden to Hamburg to work for Axel Springer AG as a journalist in the sports section of a newspaper.
- For many years he was reporting the history of German rowing.
- Later he worked as a freelance journalist.
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